Overview

• Hamas released videos showing Israeli hostages Evyatar David and Rom Braslavski in skeletal condition, including footage of David digging what he described as his own grave
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu formally asked the International Committee of the Red Cross to provide food and medical care to hostages held in Gaza Hamas said it would allow the Red Cross to bring food and medicine to captives only after permanent humanitarian corridors are established in Gaza
• Gaza’s health ministry reported six more deaths from starvation or malnutrition in the past 24 hours, raising the toll to 175 people, including 93 children, since the war began
• Only 36 aid trucks entered Gaza on August 2, far short of the 600 needed daily, while hundreds more remain stalled at crossings